Katarina[1] (Cyrillic: Катарина[1]) is a feminine given name. It is the standard Swedish, Slovak, Serbo-Croatian, and Slovenian form of Katherine, and a variant spelling in several other languages.[2]
| Pronunciation | Kat-a-ree-na |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Greek |
| Meaning | Pure |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Cyrillic: Катарина, Катаріна |
| Variant form(s) | Katharina |
| Nickname(s) | Kata (Ката), Kaja |
| Related names | Catarina |
| See also | Katerina, Katherine, Katrina |
In Croatia, it is the fourth most common female given name, or third if combined with the short form Kata.[3] Historically in Croatia, the name Katarina has been among the most common feminine given names in the decades up to 1939, and then again between 1990 and 1999.[4] In Serbia it is within the 10 most popular names for girls born since 1991.[5]
Notable people with the given name include:
In acting:
- Katarina Ewerlöf, Swedish actress
- Katarina Čas, Slovenian actress
- Katarína Kolníková, Slovak actress
- Katarina Radivojević, Serbian actress
In royalty:
- Katarina Eriksdotter, daughter of the Swedish king Eric the Saint
- Katarina Kosača, Queen of Bosnia as the wife of King Stephen Thomas, the penultimate Bosnian sovereign
- Katarina Stenbock, third and last consort of Gustav I of Sweden and the Queen of Sweden
In sports:
- Katarina Witt, German figure skater
- Katarina Waters, English professional wrestler
- Katarina Srebotnik, Slovenian professional tennis player
- Katarina Tomašević, Serbian handball player
- Katarina Timglas, Swedish ice hockey player
- Katarina Lavtar, Slovenian alpine skier
- Katarina Krpež Slezak, Serbian handball player
- Katarina Vukomanović, Serbian volleyball player
- Katarina Ježić, Croatian handball player
- Katarina Johnson-Thompson, English track and field athlete
- Katarina Zavatska, Ukrainian tennis player
- Katarina Wolfkostin, American ice dancer
In other fields:
- Katarina Carroll, Australian police officer
- Katarina Cicak, Bosnian physicist
- Katarina Frostenson, Swedish writer
- Katarina Köhler, Swedish politician
- Katarina Konstantinović, Serbian noblewoman
- Katarina Ivanovska, Macedonian model
- Katarina Kruhonja, Croatian peace activist
- Katarina Luhr, Swedish politician
In fiction:
- Katarina, a character in the television series Doctor Who
- Katarina Alves, a character in the video game series Tekken
- Katarina, a character in the anime Sailor Moon
- Katarina Cott, a character in the video game Suikoden IV
- Katarina de Leon, a character in the video game Pirates: The Legend of Black Kat
- Katarina du Couteau, a character in the video game League of Legends
- Katarina Claes, a character in the light novel My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!
- Katarina, a character in the video game Conduit 2
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Behind the Name - Katarina
- ^ MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Katarina
- ^ Croatian Central Bureau of Statistics - Women and Men in Croatia
- ^ "Most frequent male and female given names by year of birth, 2011 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
- ^ Most popular Serbian names - Census 2011
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